How To Install libsndfile on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsndfile
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libsndfile
libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing sound files such as AIFF, AU, WAV, and others through one standard interface. It can currently read/write 8, 16, 24 and 32-bit PCM files as well as 32 and 64-bit floating point WAV files and a number of compressed formats. It compiles and runs on *nix, MacOS, and Win32.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libsndfile
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libsndfile.
Install libsndfile on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libsndfile
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libsndfile
Install libsndfile on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libsndfile
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libsndfile
How To Uninstall libsndfile on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libsndfile
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libsndfile
libsndfile Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/f82e2457da7af98a352aea5ec8c4a32e25c29b
/usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1
/usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1.0.28
/usr/share/doc/libsndfile
/usr/share/doc/libsndfile/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libsndfile/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libsndfile/README
/usr/share/licenses/libsndfile
/usr/share/licenses/libsndfile/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/3fd35ef81954151d329dc96c1a038205da6f74
/usr/lib64/libsndfile.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsndfile.so.1.0.28
/usr/share/doc/libsndfile
/usr/share/doc/libsndfile/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libsndfile/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libsndfile/README
/usr/share/licenses/libsndfile
/usr/share/licenses/libsndfile/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsndfile
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.